The UK Foreign Office has updated its safety advice for Brits heading abroad with alerts issued amid escalated conflict in ...

A POSSE of turban-clad soldiers perched on "ships of the desert" may conjure images of the past, but Mauritania's camelback ...

The ruling junta in Mali is tightening its hold on the gold industry as it moves to reclaim control from established foreign ...

The west African road network is vast, estimated at over 709,000km of roads by the Global Roads Inventory Project. It compares unfavourably with other African regions. For example, paved roads remain ...

Mali's military junta has started building a gold refinery in partnership with a Russian conglomerate, the Yadran Group. The ...

According to a report by Mining Weekly, citing Reuters, Mali's Minister of Finance revealed that the country would collaborate with Russia's Yadran to construct a state-owned gold refinery. As gold ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said it has agreed to maintain the status quo on free movement of ...

Mali began construction of a new Russia-backed gold refinery on Monday, which the West African country's military leader said ...

A Russian-built SU-24M bomber crashed into Niger River near Gao, Mali, a day after a major Africa Corps–FLA clash. The cause ...

Despite a prolonged fallout within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nigeria is making diplomatic ...

Téte António visits Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger to deepen ties • Tour aligns with Angola’s role as African Union president in 2025 • Angola seeks to strengthen political, economic, and ...

Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of improvised explosive ...